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The Last Days of '30 Rock' | ARTICLE

To everything, there is a season to shut it down. Through seven years, 138 episodes, 14 Emmy wins and what its writers estimate as...
January 31, 2013 8:00 AM ET
Q&A: Pete Townshend Talks New Memoir 'Who I Am' | ARTICLE

Pete Townshend just put out Who I Am, a soul-baring 503-page autobiography that instantly ranks with the best rock memoirs, but he still...
November 8, 2012 12:00 PM ET
Taylor Swift in Wonderland | ARTICLE

This is what it sounds like when Taylor Swift totally loses it: “Oh, my God. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY GOD. OH, MY...
October 25, 2012 4:00 PM ET
Inside the Rolling Stones' Reunion | ARTICLE

After half a century of hits, addictions, mayhem and enough bad blood to flood the Thames, the Rolling Stones have gotten it together just in time to celebrate their latest anniversary onstage. But Mick Jagger...
October 24, 2012 7:00 AM ET
Q&A: Claire Danes on the 'Whiplash' New Plot Twists in 'Homeland' | ARTICLE

"Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters," says Claire Danes, and she should know: Despite 17 years of fine movie work, Homeland's bipolar Carrie Mathison is her first indelibly career-defining role since Angela Chase. "It's not a surprise...
October 15, 2012 3:25 PM ET
'Homeland' Star Damian Lewis: 'The Walls Close In' During Season Two | ARTICLE

Homeland star Damian Lewis didn't want his character to send the wrong message. When the British actor was up for the role of secretly traitorous Nicholas Brody, he told producers: "Look, if you're asking me to play...
October 7, 2012 4:30 PM ET
'Doctor Who' Star Karen Gillan: 'I've Become a Full-On Geek' | ARTICLE

It's hard to imagine any sentient creature turning down the chance of sharing their TARDIS with Karen Gillan – even if they're not quite sure what a TARDIS is. The vivacious 24-year-old Scottish redhead is the breakout star...
September 13, 2012 4:05 PM ET
Q&A: 'Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan Goes Deep on the Final Season | ARTICLE

For the creators of Breaking Bad, the show's anxiety has started to creep over into real life. Fresh from the bloodbath of the just-aired midseason finale, showrunner Vince Gilligan and his writing team are mapping out...
September 6, 2012 2:35 PM ET
Ryan Lochte Considers a Post-Swimming Basketball Career | ARTICLE

"I started thinking about Rio as soon as I landed back in the States," says superstar swimmer Ryan Lochte. But before he starts four more years of skin-wrinkling training, there's time for a few weeks off to...
September 5, 2012 4:35 PM ET
Chemical Brothers: 'Breaking Bad' Stars Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul | ARTICLE

Walter White is staring at me. He doesn't like what he sees. It's just before midnight, and we're facing off in the dusty shadows...
August 30, 2012 5:10 PM ET
Bob Odenkirk: Saul Goodman Could Be Vegas Mayor in 'Breaking Bad' Spinoff | ARTICLE

Breaking Bad might be unbearably bleak without Saul Goodman, the hilariously craven, self-aggrandizing attorney played by Mr. Show alumnus Bob Odenkirk. Here's what Odenkirk had to say about his character, in an interview conducted for my recent...
August 27, 2012 8:00 AM ET
The New Adventures of Cat Power | ARTICLE

There are two topics that irritate the otherwise sweet-tempered Chan Marshall – and, unfortunately, they both tend to come up in conversation pretty often. The first is the lengthy gap between Sun, her ninth album as...
August 17, 2012 8:00 AM ET
James Murphy Q&A : Dance Madness | ARTICLE

The new LCD Soundsystem documentary, Shut Up and Play the Hits, shows frontman James Murphy quitting the past decade's greatest dance-rock act for...
July 5, 2012 2:35 PM ET
Q&A: Emma Stone on Branching Out With 'Spider-Man,' Admiring Woody Allen | ARTICLE

After spending the last half-decade playing smart, independent women, Emma Stone was ready for a change: "Now I like women that are totally dependent," she half-jokes to Rolling Stone. In fact, she's come to love the "damsel...
July 2, 2012 1:55 PM ET
Paul McCartney: Yesterday & Today | ARTICLE

This story is from the March 1st, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone. On his way to work this morning, Paul McCartney had to wait for some pedestrians at a white-striped crosswalk. They stood in groups, cameras in hand,...
June 18, 2012 2:25 PM ET
The Many Lives of Adam Yauch | ARTICLE

He had come so far, done so much, played so many roles along the way, but even in the final months of his too-short life, Adam Yauch kept it going full steam. Teenage...
June 7, 2012 4:30 PM ET
Peter Dinklage: Master of the Game | ARTICLE

It's good to be Peter Dinklage these days, it really is – beautiful new baby, happy marriage, house up in the mountains, sweet Game of...
May 24, 2012 12:25 PM ET
Paul McCartney: The Beatles Considered Reuniting | ARTICLE

The Beatles had considered getting back together while all four members were still alive, says Paul McCartney. "There was talk of re-forming the Beatles a couple of times," he tells Rolling Stone,...
February 15, 2012 5:05 PM ET
The Rise of the Black Keys | ARTICLE

This story is from the January 19, 2012 issue of Rolling Stone. No one in this busy Hollyood organic coffee shop looks like they might have just sold out Madison Square Garden – least of all, perhaps,...
February 15, 2012 3:55 PM ET
Cover Story Excerpt: Paul McCartney | ARTICLE

Twenty years ago, when Paul McCartney turned 50, he remembers his then-manager pushing the idea of retirement. "It's only right," he was told. "You really don't want to go beyond 50, it's going to get embarrassing."...
February 15, 2012 11:40 AM ET